Summary:
About half of all couples agree to working with the celebrant to design a personal ceremony just for them
About forty percent (38.98%) of couples accept the type of ceremony the celebrant offers
Less than 3% (2.8%) of couples have firm ideas about their ceremonies
About one quarter (26.4%) of couples ask for guidance
Summary:
Celebrants surveyed valued professional celebrant associations
Firstly for their interaction with government:
• for updated information on changes to marriage laws:
• lobbying for improvements to the Marriage Celebrant Program;
• lobbying for improvements to the Marriage Act; and
• for providing professional guidance to celebrancy training and professional development programs
Secondly for celebrancy related information and support
• providing peer support;
• for networking with other celebrants;
• for keeping up to date with trends in weddings, funerals and other ceremonies
• for resources on ceremonies
• for mentoring
Thirdly for professional/ business related support services:
• for discounts on OPD, stationery, insurance, copyright and related services
• for advertising on their celebrant directories
• for advice on business, marketing and related matters
• for generating more opportunities for celebrancy related work
Summary:
Three quarters (74.84%) of the celebrants surveyed belonged to a professional celebrant association
Summary:
The main reason given for not belonging to an association by tose celebrants surveyed was not doing enough ceremonies
Summary:
80% ofcelebrants surveyed belonged to a CoCA celebrant association
87% of celebrants surveyedconsidered their celebrant association offered value for money
82% of celebrants surveyeddoes your association were provided advice and support on ceremonies by their celebrant association
Summary:
The main discounts offered by surveyed celebrants' associations were for celebrant insurance,OPD and celebrant copyright licence.
Summary:
80% ofcelebrants surveyed belonged to one celebrant association
18% of celebrantssurveyed belonged to two celebrant associations
3% of celebrantssurveyed belonged to three or more celebrant associations
